4 ms·

I think the problem also is that Google scans incoming emails sent by non-google users who haven't agreed to such scanning. (Edit: also with personal domains, a

I think the problem also is that Google scans incoming emails sent by non-google users who haven't agreed to such scanning. (Edit: also with personal domains, a sender may have no idea if this email will eventually find its way on Googles servers) > at least if you believe the news and Google's public statements, it doesn't use the contents of your email for ad targeting. True, but its important to note that it used to do that for many years. They didn't make it clear if they removed information mined from previous scanning of emails.

asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
> I think the problem also is that Google scans incoming emails sent by non-google users who haven't agreed to such scanning. That is definitely not the problem. Email you send is owned by its recipient. Generally, the recipient can do what they want with it, including delegating to Google and allowing Google to scan it for purchase information. > They didn't make it clear if they removed information mined from previous scanning of emails. That information was ephemeral, IIRC. It was scanned when you loaded an email to allow advertisers to make bids for ads relevant to the given email. In any case, bits rot at Google like anywhere else. If a feature or system is no longer being maintained, it quickly stops working. There is approximately zero chance that they retained any data that they theoretically would have generated from emails scanned half a decade ago.
- la_barba 7y ago
  >That is definitely not the problem. Email you send is owned by its recipient. Generally, the recipient can do what they want with it, including delegating to Google and allowing Google to scan it for purchase information. I don't agree that everyone thinks this is the case.
  - JohnFen 7y ago
    Legally speaking, in the US anyway, this is the case.
JohnFen 7y ago
> I think the problem also is that Google scans incoming emails sent by non-google users who haven't agreed to such scanning. This is precisely why I avoid sending emails to gmail accounts. Fortunately, almost nobody that I personally know uses gmail.

asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago

> I think the problem also is that Google scans incoming emails sent by non-google users who haven't agreed to such scanning. That is definitely not the problem. Email you send is owned by its recipient. Generally, the recipient can do what they want with it, including delegating to Google and allowing Google to scan it for purchase information. > They didn't make it clear if they removed information mined from previous scanning of emails. That information was ephemeral, IIRC. It was scanned when you loaded an email to allow advertisers to make bids for ads relevant to the given email. In any case, bits rot at Google like anywhere else. If a feature or system is no longer being maintained, it quickly stops working. There is approximately zero chance that they retained any data that they theoretically would have generated from emails scanned half a decade ago.

la_barba 7y ago
>That is definitely not the problem. Email you send is owned by its recipient. Generally, the recipient can do what they want with it, including delegating to Google and allowing Google to scan it for purchase information. I don't agree that everyone thinks this is the case.
- JohnFen 7y ago
  Legally speaking, in the US anyway, this is the case.

JohnFen 7y ago

> I think the problem also is that Google scans incoming emails sent by non-google users who haven't agreed to such scanning. This is precisely why I avoid sending emails to gmail accounts. Fortunately, almost nobody that I personally know uses gmail.